Picking Up New SkillsTips and Tricks to Build Your Technical Tool Chest

Who’s Chris Wahl?

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) #104

Data Center and Network Virtualization

Writer – WahlNetwork.com

Videos – YouTube.com/WahlNetwork

Host – DatanautsPodcast.com

Author – Pluralsight.com

Networking for VMware Administrators

It’s a pretty good book

100% of royalties are being donated to the Alzheimer’s Association

Technology is an escalator

Technology is an escalator

Identify Learn Teach

Reading

Every day.

I prefer RSS feeds.

Feedly is pretty good.

https://goo.gl/KSIygc

Identify Content of Interest

Use the “Saved for Later” feature to bookmark

Share with your network – see who else is interested

… or knowledgeable

Check Certification Blueprints

See how much of it you already know

Use the gaps to build a learning plan

Blueprints Reveal Gaps

Events and Meetups

They’re free

See what your peers are building

If it sounds cool, try it

Identify Learn Teach

If you’re flush with cash

Build a home lab

It’s like owning a boat, but without the boat

Your career is a long term investmentDon’t sell yourself short

And home labs are fun

Squeezing value from a home lab

Meet your requirements (not other’s)

Family investment and understanding

Breaking things = learning things

Alternatives

VMware Hands on Labs (HOL)

Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (ViRL)

Cisco CloudLab

Graphical Network Simulator 3 (GNS3)

EMC e-Learning

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE)

Ravello Systems Virtual Lab

Public Cloud (AWS, GCE, Azure)

Create a Learning PathDans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés

- (Louis Pasteur)

Create a Learning PathChance favors the prepared mind.

- (Louis Pasteur)

Pick gaps

Set goals

Set a schedule

Pomodoro

Review

Study Sheets

Specific set of learning goals

Track progress

Refer to links and resources

Pomodoro Technique

Turn off your phone, email, social media, and other distractions

Focus intently for 25 minute bursts

Break for 5 – 10 minute bursts

Take a walk, grab a snack, check social, stretch

Focus (25m)

Break (5m)

Focus (25m)

Break (5m)

Focus (25m)

Break (10m)

http://tomato-timer.com/

Identify Learn Teach

Fresh eyes bring fresh questions

If you can’t teach it, you don’t really know it

Hold a Lunch and Learn

Contribute to a VMUG session

Present on a vBrownBag session

Create a YouTube video

Record a Camtasia video

Set up a vBeers with colleagues

Submit a TechTalk

Imagine how much knowledge you have gained because of

someone else’s wisdom

Now, be that someone else

My NSX instructor, Elver Sena Sosa

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